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Lemonade Syrup

From Cassell's new dictionary of cookery (1900).

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A historical recipe

Cassell's new dictionary of cookery (1900).

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a pint of water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Rub the yellow rind of six lemons upon a pound of loaf su^ar.
  2. Moisten it with half a pint of water, and stir over the fire until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup is quite clear, then draw the saucepan to the side of the fire, add the strained juice of twelve lemons, and simmer gently for two or three minutes, but the syrup must not boil after thfe juice is added.
  3. Bottle at once, and when cold cork closely.
  4. Time, an hour to prepare.
  5. Probable cost.
  6. Is.
  7. 6d.
  8. Sufficient, mix a table-spoonful of the syrup with half a tumblerful of water.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

From Cassell's new dictionary of cookery (1900), printed page 365, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924003567728

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.